The Month in Theaters and Streaming For January 2022
After a late start, eight movies seen in the theaters, another 15 seen on streaming and elsewhere, and 20 of those reviews for you here.
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Video Throughput: The Science of Forbidden Planet
In today’s video throughput, I review one of the most influential movies in science fiction: the 1956 classic Forbidden Planet.
The Month in Movies: Theaters October 2021
Only six movies in the month of October in theaters, but I did manage to watch thirteen movies on streaming or otherwise.
Sunday Morning! “Vagabond” by Agnès Varda
This week, I finally got up the nerve to write about Agnès Varda’s masterpiece “Vagabond,” a sort of reverse murder mystery: instead of wondering who killed the main character and why, we wonder who failed to save her and how.
Sunday Morning! “Wavelength” by Michael Snow
This week, I got to see a 16 mm screening of Michael Snow’s groundbreaking 1967 experimental film ‘Wavelength’ without knowing anything about the film or the director beforehand.
Sunday Morning! Robert Bresson’s “Pickpocket”
This week I rewatched the wonderful Robert Bresson film Pickpocket and realized it’s one movie that plays like another until the last few minutes.
3 Things to Like/Dislike About Joker’s Mental Health Depiction
Some of the depictions of mental illness were nuanced and compassionate, while some missed the mark.
Downton Abbey and the Grace of the Agitated Allegorical Swan
Putting it on the big screen amplifies what Downton Abbey is, and isn’t. It’s the anti-blockbuster, the polar opposite of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Musings on The Digital Underground, Juice, and Controversial Audiences
The marketing people make the iconic movie poster with him at the front holding a gun and EVERYBODY goes nuts.
In Which I Spend a Sleepless Night Contemplating the Cats Trailer
Forget politics, you folks are getting 1300-odd words about this here Cats trailer.
Tenshot: Executive Decision (1996)
He gets torn out of a plane and plummets to his death. It’s great.
Sunday Morning! Tarkovsky’s “Stalker” (1979)
The director angrily replied that the movie needed to be slower at the beginning so bored audience members would realize they were in the wrong theater and leave early, thus weeding them out.
Two Reviews Of “Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse”
The excellent “Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse” accomplishes something that few superhero movies can manage: it makes us care.
Spooky Season: The New Halloween Movie Is…Pretty Good(ish)
Michael Myers is back and basically the same.
Gravity: a Movie in Free Fall
Gravity is disaster movie in space, and while the destruction is dazzling, the characters and script are not.
